Program

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
16:00 - 20:00
Registration & Badges withdrawal
Thursday, September 9, 2010
08:00 - 09:00
For and Against Session I: How often should we use the remodeling technique, always (almost always) or only in specific indications?
• 08:00 - 08:15 : For L. PIEROT, France
• 08:15 - 08:30 : Against M. CRONQVIST, Sweden
• 08:30 - 09:00 : Discussion and participants case presentation on remodeling technique
09:00 - 10:00
For and Against Session II: Should we use stents in ruptured aneurysms?
• 09:00 - 09:15 : For V. KATSARIDIS, Greece
• 09:15 - 09:30 : Against M. BENDSZUS, Germany
• 09:30 - 10:00 : Discussion and participants case presentation on Stents in ruptured aneurysms
10:00 - 10:15
Coffee break
10:15 - 11:00
Boston Scientific Symposium: "Advances in Intracranial Stenting"
Safety and Efficacity of Neuroform™3 for Intracranial Aneurysms Treatment: The S.E.N.A.T. study A. BONAFÉ, France
• Lessons learned from Eight Years of Clinical Experience using the Neuroform™ Stent for the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms and Latest Experience with the Neuroform EZ™ Stent System D.K. LOPES, United States
11:00 - 12:00
BAVM treatments: Interesting cases, morbi-mortality and presentation of complications
Chairman: A. BIONDI, France
12:00 - 13:00
Recent controversies in large trials
Chairman: J. BYRNE, United Kingdom
• 12:00 - 12:07 : Carotid stenting: Are European and American Studies saying different things? J. FIEHLER, Germany
• 12:08 - 12:12 : All trials are saying the same thing: Endarterectomy wins! J. RAYMOND, Canada
• 12:13 - 12:20 : Discussion
• 12:20 - 12:27 : Bioactive coils (Cerecyte and Matrix): There is no evidence they should be used P. WHITE, United Kingdom
• 12:28 - 12:35 : Helps results: should we now use only hydrogel? J. RAYMOND, Canada
• 12:36 - 12:39 : Coil choices should be based on clinical preferences J. FIEHLER, Germany
• 12:40 - 12:45 : Discussion
• 12:45 - 12:50 : Premature trials cannot be used as case against a technique J. FIEHLER, Germany
• 12:51 - 12:56 : Management trials (Team and Aruba): who has the burden of the proof? P. WHITE, United Kingdom
• 12:57 - 13:00 : Discussion
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
How I do it sessions: In the absence of "Evidence", how do we select candidates for IA recanalization?
Moderators: I. GRUNWALD, United Kingdom - V. MENDES PEREIRA, Switzerland
Panelists: A. BONAFÉ, France - I. GRUNWALD, United Kingdom - M. KILLER, Austria - V. MENDES PEREIRA, Switzerland
• 14:00 - 14:40 : Panelists will discuss their own protocol for IA stroke treatment and specially how they select patients: stroke severity (NIHSS score, Aspects score), imaging modality (MR/CT), dose of IV rTPA, how to evaluate the efficiency of IV rTPA (Is it useful before deciding for IA?), technique of thrombectomy
• 14:40 - 15:00 : Experimental work on the biomechanics of Clot A. WAKHLOO, United States
• 15:00 - 16:00 : Interesting cases, morbi-mortality and complications presentations on acute stroke treatment
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:15
ev3 Symposium: "New Technologies and Techniques in Neurovascular Intervention"
• New Intra-arterial Mechanical Therapy with High Efficacy, Safety and Fast Speed of Treatment... Montpellier Solitaire FR Stroke Experience A. BONAFÉ, France
• Axium MicroFX in the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysm: Early Clinical Experience J. BHATTACHARYA , United Kingdom
• Questions & Answers
17:15 - 18:00
The best success of the year! A lesson or technique to learn! Faculty or participants' cases
Chairman: I. WANKE, Switzerland
18:15 - 19:30
ESMINT Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, September 10, 2010
08:00 - 08:45
Flow diverters
Panelists: J. BERGE, France - S. CEKIRGE, Turkey - R. CHAPOT, Germany - Z. KULCSAR, Switzerland - J. MORET, France - J. RAYMOND, Canada - L. SPELLE, France - I. SZIKORA, Hungary
• 08:00 - 08:15 : Presentation of results using Flow Diverter devices: Ongoing or reported studies I. SZIKORA, Hungary
• 08:15 - 08:30 : How much should we divert the flow? On which evidence: Flow dynamic modeling or animal studies? J. RAYMOND, Canada
• 08:30 - 08:45 : A different thrombus biology after FD? J. BERGE, France
08:45 - 10:00
Flow diverters: 15 mn presentations followed by participants' cases on...
Panelists: J. BERGE, France - S. CEKIRGE, Turkey - R. CHAPOT, Germany - Z. KULCSAR, Switzerland - J. MORET, France - J. RAYMOND, Canada - L. SPELLE, France - I. SZIKORA, Hungary
• Risk of rupture of unruptured aneurysms after FD: Should we coil before using a FD? J. MORET, France
• Risk of acute and delayed aneurysm thrombosis and complications? J. MORET, France
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 13:00
Flow diverters: 15 mn presentations followed by participants' cases on...
Panelists: J. BERGE, France - S. CEKIRGE, Turkey - R. CHAPOT, Germany - Z. KULCSAR, Switzerland - J. MORET, France - J. RAYMOND, Canada - L. SPELLE, France - I. SZIKORA, Hungary
• Risk of FD occlusion? L. SPELLE, France
• Risk of perforators' occlusion? Z. KULCSAR, Switzerland
• Should we use FD in bifurcations? R. CHAPOT, Germany
• FD or "homemade" FD with multiple stents? S. CEKIRGE, Turkey
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
How should we start using new devices?
Chairmen: C. COGNARD, France - A. WAKHLOO, United States
• Introduction C. COGNARD, France
• Health care European regulation: What is recommended by law? What should be done in Practice J.C. GHISLAIN, France
• An industry presentation: A summary of development and regulatory process of a medical device R. ALLEN, United States
• What do interventional Cardiologists do?
• Which guidelines should we established for new devices evaluation? J. FIEHLER, Germany - L. PIEROT, France - J. RAYMOND, Canada - A. WAKHLOO, United States
• Round Table: Should the ESMINT establish recommendations for evaluation of new devices. Obligatory inclusion of all consecutives cases in registries with an independent clinical evaluation? When should we randomize? Is randomization feasible for all neurovascular pathologies? How to design a randomized study? Who should pay for evaluation? R. ALLEN, United States - C. COGNARD, France - J. FIEHLER, Germany - J.C. GHISLAIN, France - I. GRUNWALD, United Kingdom - J. MORET, France - J. RAYMOND, Canada - A. WAKHLOO, United States - P. WHITE, United Kingdom - &. EVERYBODY
15:30 - 16:00
The worse complication of the year! The big mistakes to avoid!
Chairman: C. ISLAK, Turkey
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30
Intradural Spinal AV shunts: When and How to treat them?
Chairman: A. CASASCO, Spain
• Interesting cases, morbi-mortality and complications presentations on spinal AV shunts
17:30 - 18:30
ESMINT General Assembly
20:00
Gala Dinner
Saturday, September 11, 2010
08:30 - 10:00
Interesting cases, morbi-mortality and complications presentations on what you want!
Chairman: E. BOCCARDI, Italy
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00
Quiz
Chairmen: G. GAL, Denmark - A. GRÜBER, Austria
• A session of test cases available to participants in advance. A panel of 8 so called experts will give their analysis of each case and suggest a management plan. The convener will then outline what happened and how the problem was resolved.
12:00
Closing Cocktail in the exhibition area

 
 
ESMINT 2009

Main topics

  • Evaluation procedures for new treatment techniques.
  • Mortality and Morbidity presentations by members.
  • European standards for training and practice.
 

Scientific committee

Alexander Andreou
Martin Bendszus
Jérôme Berge
Alessandra Biondi
Edoardo Boccardi
Alain Bonafé
Alfredo Casasco
Saruhan Cekirge
René Chapot
Mats Cronqvist
Jens Fiehler
Gyula Gal

Jean-Claude Ghislain
Andreas Grüber
Iris Grunwald
Marius Hartmann
Juha Hernesniemi
Civan Islak
Vasilios Katsaridis
Monika Killer
Zsolt Kulcsar
Thomas Liebig
John Millar

Mika Niemelä

Laurent Pierot
Jean Raymond
Isil Saatci
Karl Schaller
Laurent Spelle
Istvan Szikora
Francis Turjman
Ajay Wakhloo
Isabel Wanke
Philip White